Roland MC-909 - Manual (Page 7)

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................3
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................5
Features of the MC-909 ........................................................................13
Panel Descriptions................................................................................14
Top Panel ................................................................................................................................................... 14
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................. 15
Getting Ready........................................................................................16
Making Connections ................................................................................................................................ 16
Turning On/Off the Power..................................................................................................................... 16
An Overview of the MC-909..................................................................17
Basic structure of the MC-909................................................................................................................. 17
The sound generator section ....................................................................................................... 17
The sequencer section................................................................................................................... 17
The controller section ................................................................................................................... 18
The sampler section ...................................................................................................................... 18
Adjusting the display contrast................................................................................................................ 18
Editing a value .......................................................................................................................................... 18
Quickly changing a value ............................................................................................................ 18
Saving your data....................................................................................................................................... 18
Regarding the locations where samples are stored ............................................................................. 19
Restoring the factory settings (Factory Reset)...................................................................................... 20
Pattern Mode ............................... 21
How Things Work (in Pattern mode) ...................................................22
Playing a pattern ...................................................................................24
Basics of pattern play ............................................................................................................................... 24
Basic playback operation ............................................................................................................. 24
Selecting a pattern to play back .................................................................................................. 24
Changing the BPM (Tempo)........................................................................................................ 25
Turning the metronome (click) on/off....................................................................................... 25
Muting (silencing) a part.............................................................................................................. 26
Velocity pads............................................................................................................................................. 27
Pattern Call..................................................................................................................................... 27
RPS .................................................................................................................................................. 28
Arpeggiator .................................................................................................................................... 30
Chord Memory .............................................................................................................................. 32
Realtime Modify section.......................................................................................................................... 33
Selecting the part whose sound you want to modify .............................................................. 33
Part Mixer .................................................................................................................................................. 33
Mix In ......................................................................................................................................................... 34
Directly outputting the sound of an external device ............................................................... 34
Playing various pitches using the sound of an external device ............................................. 34
Selecting the input source device................................................................................................ 34
D Beam Controller.................................................................................................................................... 35
SOLO SYNTH ................................................................................................................................ 35
CUT + RESO (Cutoff + Resonance) ............................................................................................ 35
TURNTABLE ................................................................................................................................. 35
ASSIGNABLE (Other applications)............................................................................................ 35
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